# Chandai Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chandai

Chandai is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,133 people in 257 households**, the 36th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,133people (2011)
- 257households
- 68.4%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandai

Of every 100 households in Chandai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandai · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**39%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chandai?

■ Chandai · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**946

Working population ****37.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 54.1% for women. 50% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 88 (21%) · **■** Marginal 256 (61%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jhalda - I

- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people
- Kerawari1,145 people
- Mathari1,136 people
- Bhakuyadi1,135 people
- Bansa1,101 people
- Pat Jhalda1,085 people
- Chatumghutu1,058 people
- Bandulahar1,043 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandai?1,133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandai in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandai?68.4% (Census 2011)